How much does your temperature swing?

[jtl]

Do you live in paradise or

I believe I do, at least that is what the realtors tell their clients In the winter (now) we keep the house at about 74 at night, 78 during the day and the tank water stays at 78. In the summer we keep the house temp at 80 and the tank water stays about the same maybe 81 occasionally. I do have a heater in the sump but it is not even plugged in.

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

.5 a degree normally

 

[Be102]

.5 a degree normally

Maybe I should get yet another new heater? What am I missing here...?

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

I'd just get a bigger heater and use your smaller one as a back up as mentioned.

 

[Be102]

I'd just get a bigger heater and use your smaller one as a back up as mentioned.

See that’s the problem... my heater is ranked above my tank size. I have a 200w jager for about 80 gallons of water.
It’s ranked from like 75-120g

 

[ccoffel81]

two 300 w cheap heaters turned all the way up controlled by apex in a 220 with 40 breeder and 75 gallon sump tied together

 

[Be102]

two 300 w cheap heaters turned all the way up controlled by apex in a 220 with 40 breeder and 75 gallon sump tied together

Wait so you do exactly as I am imagining... turn my heater up past 78 and just let my controller handle it? Do u have failsafes to prevent it from overheating the tank if the controller stops?

 

[madweazl]

Like others, I use the controller to maintain the desired temp with the heaters thermostat set just slightly higher in case the controller's relay sticks. Temps range from 78.8°-78.9°. On the hottest days (summertime) it will rise 1° unless I use a fan to bring the temp back down.

Edit: two 150w Marineland Visi-therms in 74g (total volume).

 

[DivingTheWorld]

Mine varies by 0.5 degrees (79.5-80). I run warm so it doesn't go higher when we get into the summer months. I use two 150w heaters on approx. 89g volume. I don't turn my heaters all the way up, just slightly above 80 and let my apex control. I also swap out my heaters every 2 years just in case.

 

[DFR]

Your heater should be adequate providing you are nowhere with EXTREME temperatures. It would seem that your heater may be shutting off prematurely.
If you are running standalone heater with built-in thermostat (and you’re not also using a controller of some sort), make sure your heater is in a location where it is in direct water flow.
If you are using a controller, make sure the temperature probe is upstream of the heater and not located in the same chamber.

 

[redfishbluefish]

So I am beginning to think either my heater is just not calibrated correctly or like I just can’t keep a temp that is accurate. Do you have ur heaters set higher than ur desired temp and have the controller control it or what’s ur cycle like? Like I still have not seen above 76 since yesterday and it’s impossible the heater isn’t heating everything warm enough.

Yes, heaters are set high than desired temperature and the controller turns them on and off.

What is the ambient temperature of the room? I have a 35 gallon cube in my unheated basement, and because of the cold temperatures we're having, I just had to put a 250 W in there to maintain temperature.

 

[ccoffel81]

Wait so you do exactly as I am imagining... turn my heater up past 78 and just let my controller handle it? Do u have failsafes to prevent it from overheating the tank if the controller stops?

It’s in the Sump not too worried about algae

 

[ccoffel81]

Wait so you do exactly as I am imagining... turn my heater up past 78 and just let my controller handle it? Do u have failsafes to prevent it from overheating the tank if the controller stops?

More than likely if one outlet fails they all go out too pump shuts off and limits heat to sump

 

[Radman73]

I set my heaters to come on at 75 and off at 75.5 plus a fan over the garage based fuge if the temp hits 79 that will drop it to 78.5. Otherwise I let it wander wherever it wants to go.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I actually like my tank temp a bit lower. I think it will depend on the animals you keep. Mine is usually about 76-77 in winter and I let it go from 78 to 80 in the summer. I have a chiller as we just get terrible heat here.
My animals have never had issues with lower temps, just too high temps.
I actually did not realize my 40/20g combination tank has been running about 70 for months. The heaters were not working and I did not have a probe to check. Oops. Everything is growing and very happy, so never looked into it. I did however remedy that and now it sits at 77, but we will see if the animals like it. Just got up yesterday to that temp.

 

[AMBER NICHOLS]

My tank does have 2 heaters and my Apex monitors it. That being said I live in Indiana and my tank is in my basement. I have been contemplating wrapping my sump sides in that metallic bubble wrap. Just for efficiency.

 

[Radman73]

My tank does have 2 heaters and my Apex monitors it. That being said I live in Indiana and my tank is in my basement. I have been contemplating wrapping my sump sides in that metallic bubble wrap. Just for efficiency.

I've considered the foam sheets at hardware stores for my garage fuge because of the same reason. In Florida the garage can get quite warm, insulation can help. Just hasn't been hot enough to that a fan couldn't handle it.